Kneške Ravne (Prošček) - Rodica

Access to starting point:
From the road Bača pri Modreju - Podbrdo, in the settlement Kneža we turn on the road in the direction of Kneške Ravne. Further, we are ascending on the road which continues through the valley of the stream Kneža. At first quite gentle and partly macadam road, higher starts ascending steeper, on a steep part the road is mostly asphalt. Higher, the road splits, and we choose the slightly right road which leads towards the mountain pasture Planina v Prodih and becomes a macadam (left Kneške Ravne). Next follows few 100 meters of the ascent on a macadam road, and then we park on an appropriate place before the gate.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a macadam road over which there is a gate, and there in few hairpin turns and after approximately 35 minutes we get to the forestry cottage.
At the cottage, we leave the road and on the right side of the cottage we walk in the forest, where continues easy to follow and still unmarked footpath. Next follows an ascent, mostly through the forest, and occasionally also a view opens up a little in the direction of prealp hills. Next follows a crossing of a torrent, and then we reach the marked geological trail.
We reach a marked path on the periphery of the mountain pasture Planina v Prodih, and we go right and we walk to the near hunting cottage.
From the hunting cottage, we continue on a marked path, which mostly through the forest and in a gentle ascent crosses slopes towards the southeast. The path then for a short time ascends more steeply and brings us below the slopes of the peak Konjsko brdo (1385m), leading us out of the forest. Next follows traversing steeper and occasionally slightly exposed grassy slopes. At some spots during the crossing, we are assisted by a steel cable. Further, the path leads us through a few lanes of forest and then begins descending slightly more. The path here mostly runs towards the east or southeast. Slopes soon become steeper again, and the path becomes a little more demanding. Here at the crossing, we have fixed safety gear for assistance in the form of steel cables and some iron spikes. The path then starts ascending again and brings us to a short tunnel where there is also an inscription box Huda stopnja.
From the tunnel follows a slightly steeper ascent on a narrower path where we are assisted by additional steel cables. Further, the path becomes less steep and mostly runs through the forest. We still cross the slopes towards the east, which are occasionally a little steeper. The path, which runs on an old mule track, later descends slightly and first brings us to an unmarked crossing where a shorter branch of the mule track branches off to the left. We continue right and after a few tens of meters, we come to a marked crossing where we join the path from the village Rut.
Behind the crossing named Mladinska koča, we ascend on a well-preserved mule track, which after a few minutes turns sharply to the left, then ascends diagonally towards the left for quite some time, initially through the forest and then through dwarf pines. During the diagonal ascent path leads also through some gullies, and passages through them aren't difficult, because the path is wide all the time. With nice views on Idrija and Cerkljansko hribovje, at right zig zag we get very close to the summit Jehlc, which all the time during the crossing we see in front of us. At this zig zag in the direction of straight continues pathless approach on the mentioned peak (last part before the ridge is demanding), and we continue on a marked path which still continues on a mule track. Two zig-zags higher also easier approach on the before mentioned peak branches off to the left, and we are still ascending through dwarf pines. A little higher we reach the ridge, which runs from Jehlc to the main ridge of Spodnje Bohinjske gore, and the path several times avoids it, once on left, next time again on the right side. Higher dwarf pines are replaced by grass and stones, and with every step nicer views are opening up. Next follows few hairpin turns, where we ascend through a steeper slope, after that slope flattens and the path brings us to a marked crossing, where we join the path from Bohinj side.
Here we continue right (left Šija, Ski hotel Vogel and Ribčev Laz) and on a moderately steep ridge in good 10 minutes of additional walking, we ascend on 1966 meters high peak Rodica.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in June 2024.

On the way: Gozdarska koča (937m), Planina v Prodih (1070m), Huda stopna (1300m)